Video Friday: Robot Cube, Drone Fight Club, and the Rest of 2013

Well, as you may have noticed, we took a little bit of a break over the last week or two.

after all, it takes time to recover from the massive sunburn and millions of mosquito bites that we suffered at the DRC.

We've been following Cubli for ages, and somehow Gajan Mohanarajah managed to secretly finish building a working version that's able to stand itself up without exploding:

A new minuscule stereo vision system and lightweight onboard processing allows the flapping wing robot to keep itself entertained for about 10 minutes without crashing into anything, no external computers (or humans) necessary:

We're going to have much more for you on the DRC over the next month or so, but in the meantime, our friends over a Clearpath Robotics have a couple recap vids with some interesting team interviews:

That crazy gymnastics robot is rapidly approaching (or maybe even surpassed) the point at which humans are comfortable competing:

Throughout the school year, members of the class, led by Jonathan Fiene, director of laboratory programs for the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, design pint-sized robotic hockey teams that face off in an annual competition known as The Robockey Cup.

Each team produces three robots that skate on wheels, shoot with pistons, and see the puck, the goals, and each other using a variety of sensors.

On Thursday, May 24, 2018

Barstow School robotics team provides adapted cars to kids with special needs

A school robotics team in the metro is changing lives, and KCTV5 News was there as they delivered a project they had been working on to a sweet boy.